Finland Day programme is now started
Countries participating in the Shanghai Expo will have one day during the six months of the World Expo when the spotlight will be on that particular country. Finland Day on the 27th May marks an opportunity for Finland to showcase its culture in Shanghai. The day’s programme is filled with performances by over 100 artists in five different venues on the Expo grounds – Expo Center, Music Club, Europe Square, Dock 1 and the Finnish Pavilion. Finland is presenting a broad repertoire of performances for the visitors to the World Expo area.
Finland day opens with official opening in the morning at the World Expo Center and ends the same evening in the same place with a Finland gala performed for an audience of 1800 people consisting of official delegations, Finns and Finnish networks in China and regular visitors.
Finland Day Programme 27th May Europe Square Outdoor Stage (Pudong) 11:00–21:30
The Five Corners Quintet (jazz) 11:00-11:50
Kimmo Pohjonen (folk / experimental) 13:00-13:50
Villa Nah (pop) 14:50-15:40
Negative (rock) 16:30-17:20
Turisas (metal) 18:30-19:20
Stratovarius (metal) 20:30-21:20
The electronic music and VJs between the performances are courtesy of the city of Turku, 2011 European Capital of Culture.
Top Billin (DJ)
Jori Hulkkonen (DJ)
Beige & Harmaa (VJ )
Music Club, Performance Center (Pudong)
11:00–21:30
Verneri Pohjola, Joonas Riippa, Tian Bai and Mike Brownell Quartet (jazz) 12:00-12:50
Sväng (folk) 14:00-14:50
Lepistö & Lehti (folk) 16:00-16:50
Walo & Hakkarainen (circus) 18:00-18:50
The Finnish National Ballet (dance) 20:00-20:50
Dancer-choreographer Tero Saarinen artist meet-and-greet courtesy of the City of Turku, 2011 European Capital of Culture.
Dock 1 Outdoor Stage, Expo Childerens’ Theatre (Puxi)
Moominpappa and the Sea
A collaboration between Shanghai East Children’s Theatre and Svenska TeaterTwo performances, 12:00 and 16:00
Expo Center, Auditorium(Pudong) 19:00–20:30
Finland Day ends with Finland Day Gala at the Expo Center, an invite only event for representatives of Finnish and Chinese companies and stakeholders. The programme of the gala is built around the theme of the Finnish Expo, Sharing Inspiration and it consists of several collaborations between Finnish and Chinese artists.
Finnish Pavilion Kirnu 9:30–22:30
Finnish artists share insights into performing arts and creative thinking at Kirnu, with performances of dance, song, circus, street shows and different musical instruments. During May and June, your guides are Northern Savonia’s creative arts development project SARKA and the Kotka-Hamina area’s development company CURSOR. Both are sending four innovative culture professionals to perform for one month. The project was founded in co-operation with local companies and organizations, Partanen & Lamusuo Partnership and Finpro.
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